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From: brian@redneck.intel.com (Brian L. King)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: filter problem...
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Date: 13 Nov 90 01:03:43 GMT
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Reply-To: brian@redneck.hf.intel.com
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	I am a *relatively* new user of this news-service stuff.  I have been 
reading mostly (and learning!).  I have been using elm for a goodly while
(HIGHEST regards to its creators) and have now (thanks to you folks) become
interested in using this "filter" thing.

	Some problems though....

	I've read (what appeared to be) the appropriate docs, set up my environ-
ment ($HOME/.forward, $HOME/.elm/filter-rules), and anxiously executed 
'filter -r'.

	Results:

filter (brian): Couldn't read user filter rules file!
filter (brian): Couldn't get rules!

	First thing I thought about was directory perms (mine are a touch strin-
gent).  So, I opened up my HOME dir (and .elm), rwx fer all...still no luck.
Perms on filter-rules rw-fer-all also.

	I want to provide you folks with all/any info you may need, so I'll
include the listing of my simplistic (hopefully correct) filter-rules file:

$cat .elm/filter-rules
#
#
if ( subject = "test" ) save /usr/tech/brian/tmp/MAIL

and .forward:
"| /usr/local/bin/filter -vo /usr/tech/brian/.elm/filter.err"



	Oh, BTW, when I tested this thing anyway (i.e. sent mail to myself w/
subject = "test"), there DID appear a filter.err file in my .elm dir.  So it
CAN write to that directory.

	I'm running AT&T UNIX SysV 3.2.2.2 on a 386@33MHz and I'm in a Korn-
shell.


	Any takers?


	Thank you for your time.





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